The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-03
NELLIE GRANTS HOME,

Her About Her Keslucncc III Eng-
land.
Hardly lannon's shot from this
dull English seaport Mrs. Algernon
Sartoris Nellie Grant, lives. writes
Prank A. Burr from Southampton.
On the opposite side OF the river from
the struggling outlines of this old town
she has charming summer house. II
is a delightful place, not only for its
mistress and master, but for its COM
plexion and associations 1t is filled
with curious relics of the past and in
tercsting views of the present Good
taste and the evidences of culture and
reiinment are everywhere.
This afternoon, as the Dutch steam
er from Bremen drew into the waters
of the HANDLE, which wash the acres
OF this striking abode. Mrs. Sartoris
put out in a rowboat TO board it. She
was accompanied by the elder Sartorls,
who babe her an aifectionate farewell
as she reached the deck of the ship
Here was an embarkation at ones own
door, and it was the beginning OF Nellie
Grants first trip to America in two
years. She says she will return before
the severe weather of the late fall sets
in. but the charms of her native Ian d
may possibly be sufficient to keep her
longer. Vivian, her eldest daughter
and second child, sails with her. She
IS beautiful girl-the image of her
mother rs she can be recalled when
she first entered the white house when
her father became president. Algern ON,
J her eldest son, is now boy 10 years
old; the little girl who goes with her to
America is s, and Rosa, the youngest,
is 6. An interesting little group this
mother and children make.
Mr.. Sartor.s, the elder, i~ very fond
of his daughter-in-law and smooths
her path with much tenderness. When
Nellie rs everyone calls hers home
there is a delightful family circle in
this old mansion. Yet Nellie Grants
place on the Southampton waters is not
a palace or great house like Blcnheim
or Badminton, but il is home full of
restfulness and crowned with beauty.
The house stands hard by the splendid
country road which follows the banks
of the river, and the acres which sur
round it are washed by the waters of
the HANDLE river, which gives South
ampton its harbor. 10 the right and
the left of it all is beauty and grand
eur. Both sea and land are dotted
with interesting objects, recalling the
dingy past and tipefying the alert pres
ent. Great castles, with their lovely
grounds and wondrous histories. are
on every hand. Across the waters.
of the Solent is Osborne house, the
queens summer palace, with its broad
park, comfortable shade. and aristo-
cratic surroundings Norris castle ad-
joins 1t with mien and traditions
that are beyond my descriptive powers.
10 the right of Nellie grants home
Cowes can be seen, with its harbor
full of sailing yachts and the richest
pleasure craft of all descriptions.
Nellie Grant is the mistress OF this
home now. for the elder Mrs. Sartoris
is dead. The master is the father of
the singular son who married this
! splendid American girl who so worth
ily bore great name. The husband
having large interests in Wales is
rarely at home, and the father devotes
himself to the care of his sons children
and his wife's happiness. The elder
Sartoris is a man of culture and refine
ment, devoted to music, painting,
and literature. He has means, and
not only surrounds himself with q
home air of art and refinement, bu
with those who deal in the finel
touches of existence. His daughter-in
law lives in an atmosphere of the higher
order. There are rich paintings in tic
halls and on the parlor walls, mus o
every description is in the drawing
rooms, and books of the rarest quality
in the library. The farm is ample
well laid out and cultivated.
The house is an old building, will
two centuries of history about it, The
grounds are beautifully laid out an'
decorated. There are acres and acre
of lawn and pasture and many more
acres of flowers, shrubbery, and shade
) Bowers of cvergreens are here ant
there. Overlooking the waters Their
, 90 nnn uhere trailing vines hive beer